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that has helped the obama administration and the obama campaign define him and i think he pushed back against that with the humor. >> let me look forward and ask you, mark halperin, what do you anticipate coming up now? next week we've got the two vice presidents -- the vice president and his challenger paul ryan there and how about the town hall format for barack obama? the conventional wisdom has been because everybody has bill clinton in their mind that the democrat, president obama, will do better in the town hall relating and empathizing and showing he connects to people. i'm not so sure about this president. >> well, i'm not so sure, although both of them will be -- i think the strongest mitt romney has been in my experience as a presidential candidate on the debate the other night was the events he did in both cycles last campaign in 2008 and this one, his so-called ask mitt anything events where he did take questions from people. he showed humor and the kind of fluidness and personality that he showed in the depate ba in those events and people that think this format clearly f
that has helped the obama administration and the obama campaign define him and i think he pushed back against that with the humor. >> let me look forward and ask you, mark halperin, what do you anticipate coming up now? next week we've got the two vice presidents -- the vice president and his challenger paul ryan there and how about the town hall format for barack obama? the conventional wisdom has been because everybody has bill clinton in their mind that the democrat, president obama,...
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administration mass made little, if any progress. "bending history" highlights the accomplishments and some failures. the co-author of "bending history" martin ten dig. what do you think is the biggest failure of resolve our execution? is it the arab/israeli conflict, which has not been addressed? >> i think it's the most obvious one, the president has done a good job of being the custodian of the national interesting, and essentially pulling out of the meet, and ending the wars in iraq and now afghanistan shifts the focus to asia, but the process part of the reason for that is a failure to resolved. >> he only embold under netanyahu and made it more difficu difficult. >>> that was one of the things undermining the the mind authorities it was reasonable to expect the israelis to constrain the activity, but he set a high goal, as he did in much of his foreign policy, put out these very high goals, soaring visions, so on, and then authorized his special envoy, george mitchell to negotiate something less than that, and the something les
administration mass made little, if any progress. "bending history" highlights the accomplishments and some failures. the co-author of "bending history" martin ten dig. what do you think is the biggest failure of resolve our execution? is it the arab/israeli conflict, which has not been addressed? >> i think it's the most obvious one, the president has done a good job of being the custodian of the national interesting, and essentially pulling out of the meet, and...
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what is the goal of the obama administration in regard to this announcement? >> it does gut no child left behind for some extent. no child left behind is a bubl era laws that aims to make all students proficient in reading and math that. criticism stems from the fact folks said it was penalizing schools that didn't live up to yearly standards. stripping federal funding from some of those schools, for example. this september president obama said states can obtain a waiver from no child left behind, as long as they provide a viable alternative educational plan, a plan that shows they will get students ready for college and the work force. the big announcement today is that ten schools do, in fact, qualify for that. this is a big deal because just as of last year about half of the nation schools were getting a failing grade under no child left behind. big announcement coming shortly. >> kristen welker at the white house, thank you so much. looking regal in your red. >> thank you, luke. >>> top republican leaders are rallying the troops at cpac in washington today
what is the goal of the obama administration in regard to this announcement? >> it does gut no child left behind for some extent. no child left behind is a bubl era laws that aims to make all students proficient in reading and math that. criticism stems from the fact folks said it was penalizing schools that didn't live up to yearly standards. stripping federal funding from some of those schools, for example. this september president obama said states can obtain a waiver from no child...
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. >> senate democrats and the obama administration too afraid to tackle, let alone vote on, the tough issues in an election year. >> after hearing all of that from republicans, senate majority leader harry reid gave a 15-minute response. >> what they have done is the very definition of hut spa, what neb, mr. president. complaining about about what they have created. they have created the fact we haven't gotten anything done. >> joining me reid wilson and "the washington post" columnist ruth marcus. thank you both for joining me. ruth, i want to talk to you, harry reid the definition of chutzpah. >> i'm flglad you raised that. >> worth the price of admission. >> chutzpa. >> i wanted to clear that up myself. >> i'm a reliable source on that. >> i feel like we're so focused, i'm so focused on november 6th. in some ways what comes after, no matter who wins, and that's the presidential, senate and house, no mat who wins, we're facing a dire situation in which we have a narrow period of time to solve a problem that both sides, judging from the rhetoric today are not willing to give on. how
. >> senate democrats and the obama administration too afraid to tackle, let alone vote on, the tough issues in an election year. >> after hearing all of that from republicans, senate majority leader harry reid gave a 15-minute response. >> what they have done is the very definition of hut spa, what neb, mr. president. complaining about about what they have created. they have created the fact we haven't gotten anything done. >> joining me reid wilson and "the...
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is that what the obama administration is trying to say? >> i think tough leadership, strategic decision-making, counseling with the generals, but making the decision, whether it's in iraq, to responsibly bring all 142,000 troops home, or set a timetable, work in the international community with partnerships strengthen that country, so it can continue on its own for it is sovereignty and its independence, that's the policy the president has laid out. mitt romney, on the other hand has been fairly feckless and clueless and reckless on this policy. he's changed his opinion on it. he changed his opinion, as i mentioned on whether or not it was worth moving resources to go get bin laden, and he's changed his mind even when the president was successful in putting together an international collision to go after gadhafi in libya and was successful. i think governor romney that is flip flopped on that issue as well. congressman tim roemer, a man of many accomplishments, one of which is is joining us on the show, thank you. >> good to see you. thank
is that what the obama administration is trying to say? >> i think tough leadership, strategic decision-making, counseling with the generals, but making the decision, whether it's in iraq, to responsibly bring all 142,000 troops home, or set a timetable, work in the international community with partnerships strengthen that country, so it can continue on its own for it is sovereignty and its independence, that's the policy the president has laid out. mitt romney, on the other hand has been...
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. >> this is not what president obama promised. i would argue this is the result of failed leadership in washington, bad fiscal policy coming from the administration. >> you didn't elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. you elected me to tell you the truth. and the truth is it will take more than a few years for us to solve challenges that have built up over decades. >> last night, the president pleaded for patience. he also turned mitt romney's policies into punch lines. >> all they have to offer is the same prescriptions they've had for the last 30 years. have a surplus? try a tax cut. deficit too high? try another. feel a cold coming on? take two tax cuts, roll back some regulations and call us in the morning. >> but the moment that brought the crowd to tears was the entrance of gabbi giffords, bravely, painfully, heroically crossing the stage and leading the pledge of allegiance in a loud voice. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under
. >> this is not what president obama promised. i would argue this is the result of failed leadership in washington, bad fiscal policy coming from the administration. >> you didn't elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. you elected me to tell you the truth. and the truth is it will take more than a few years for us to solve challenges that have built up over decades. >> last night, the president pleaded for patience. he also turned mitt romney's policies into punch...
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last night the administration through michelle obama and the other speakers said all politics is personal. because there isn't a family in this country including michelle's father, who had m.s. and still went to work, that isn't worried about the catastrophe of a health care crisis and not only facing an illness but being bankrupt in the process. thanks to president obama, that is now going to be off the table for families. all they will have to worry about is getting better, not whether they can pay the bills. >> how tough was it for your father to make that decision in a primary to choose barack obama over hillary clinton? we will hear from bill clinton tonight. >> well, he was, you know, hillary and bill clinton were wonderful long-time friends of our father's, but my father thought that barack obama had the magic, the person who was able to connect with the new generation of voters, and it's somebody who he got to know when they were both senators together. so it was rare for him to take that gutsy primary stand, but you know what, the president as i mentioned before, made that promis
last night the administration through michelle obama and the other speakers said all politics is personal. because there isn't a family in this country including michelle's father, who had m.s. and still went to work, that isn't worried about the catastrophe of a health care crisis and not only facing an illness but being bankrupt in the process. thanks to president obama, that is now going to be off the table for families. all they will have to worry about is getting better, not whether they...
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in their final months and really aggressive actions by the obama administration in their first year. we're ahead of what you would think a typical financial crisis would bring. we've handled it better than europe has, and yet, i still think policymakers missed some of the rhinehart rowgof lessons and a little too optimistic about how much help the economy needed in 2010 and '11 and even into this year. >> and david, one of the things that i was talking about earlier with charlie cook, our own analysis and his, that the next congress is going to be much more hyper partisan, just based on who is not running and who is running and who won primaries in largely, you know, republican districts and blue dogs retiring or getting defeated and that this hyper partisan congress of mostly newcomers will be there three years or less, are less likely to go along with the traditional arguments of the business leaders, jamie dimon and others, saying you have to do something about the fiscal cliff. this is more like tarp one when we look at the debt ceiling and some of the other things. depending on
in their final months and really aggressive actions by the obama administration in their first year. we're ahead of what you would think a typical financial crisis would bring. we've handled it better than europe has, and yet, i still think policymakers missed some of the rhinehart rowgof lessons and a little too optimistic about how much help the economy needed in 2010 and '11 and even into this year. >> and david, one of the things that i was talking about earlier with charlie cook, our...
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that's obviously the desire of the obama administration, quite rightly. and the european union to see if diplomacy might be at least part of the answer to resolving this problem. so i think that the chances are reasonably good that we will see negotiations in the next several months, regarding iran's nuclear future. >> nicholas burns, thank you very much. >> thanks, andrea. and the u.s., europe, and arab nations are now moving quickly to demand a cease-fire in syria, where the government's relentless attacks on civilians have placed that country on the brink of civil war. richard engel has more on the scale of destruction inside syria. >> reporter: for the last several weeks, all of homs has been surrounded by syrian government forces. they have been shelling the city from the outside, but the opposition does control a few pockets within the city, and this media center was in one of those pockets. it was one of the only places that had limited internet access. the journalists were in this center this morning when it was destroyed by a rocket, apparently f
that's obviously the desire of the obama administration, quite rightly. and the european union to see if diplomacy might be at least part of the answer to resolving this problem. so i think that the chances are reasonably good that we will see negotiations in the next several months, regarding iran's nuclear future. >> nicholas burns, thank you very much. >> thanks, andrea. and the u.s., europe, and arab nations are now moving quickly to demand a cease-fire in syria, where the...
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they don't agree about the future i think is the issue and the challenge for the obama administration. they agree on intelligence. they believe iran is moving toward nuclear weaponization. they agree they're trying to enrich uranium. they agree on all of that. they even agree on the sort of long-term timetable. where they disagree is when is the time to act against it, if sanctions fail and if negotiations fail. the israelis believe very strongly and we heard it here at the aspen ideas festival very clearly that they're not subcontracting out their security, their defense, to any other country, including the united states. which is their foremost ally. so that was a kind of pretty bold statement that we're going to do this if we feel we need to do this. >> let me read a couple of the quotes. we cannot afford delegating the decision even into the hands of our most trusted and trustworthy allies which are you, united states. he said a nuclear military iran is the end of any conceivable antiproliferation regime because the saudis will turn nuclear within weeks. the turks will turn nuclea
they don't agree about the future i think is the issue and the challenge for the obama administration. they agree on intelligence. they believe iran is moving toward nuclear weaponization. they agree they're trying to enrich uranium. they agree on all of that. they even agree on the sort of long-term timetable. where they disagree is when is the time to act against it, if sanctions fail and if negotiations fail. the israelis believe very strongly and we heard it here at the aspen ideas festival...
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you have an obama administration that flaunts a website, applauding cradled to grave dependency with julia. an obama website that encourages people to understand that what he is for is an expansion of government so government can take care of them. mitt romney puts numbers on that and says we have a campaign in which those that support big government are on one side and those that support the private sector approach are on the other side. that's the big issue we ought to be debating. and you fall for this idea that by quantifying it as a 47/47 divide, to start with, now you got to start parsing all these things. the polls are 47/47. that's where the starting point is. and they're battling over the 6% in the middle. 90% of -- >> governor -- >> governor romney is not talking about the polls. governor, governor romney was not talking about the polls. he was talking about the 47/53, we know it came from eric ericss ericsson, we know this has been a repeated theme -- >> he was talking about the percentage of people voting for obama. he said it. >> he's talk -- >> he has 47, i have 47. >>
you have an obama administration that flaunts a website, applauding cradled to grave dependency with julia. an obama website that encourages people to understand that what he is for is an expansion of government so government can take care of them. mitt romney puts numbers on that and says we have a campaign in which those that support big government are on one side and those that support the private sector approach are on the other side. that's the big issue we ought to be debating. and you...
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so the obama administration was a lot more involved in trying to shape iraqi politics and you would think from just reading the papers. >> we hear from the administration, from the president, we got out of iraq, we solved the iraq war. is it solved? >> well, first of all, it's important to recognize that the goal was not to get out of iraq. actually, it conducted the -- the administration conducted a negotiation with the iraqis, with the aim of legitimizing the presence of some 5,000 american troops. >> with the iraqis refused to accept. >> they refused to accept but also the americans started very late, they opened the negotiation in june, just allowed several months for it. the president was not so directly involved in it, although the vice president was. vice president biden. the americans were hobbled by divisi division. the state wanted much more agreement than the white house did. >> with the war fatigue and challenges in syria, a continuing escalating level of violence in afghanistan, there is no appetite to try to fix whatever wasn't finished in iraq? >> well, certainly american f
so the obama administration was a lot more involved in trying to shape iraqi politics and you would think from just reading the papers. >> we hear from the administration, from the president, we got out of iraq, we solved the iraq war. is it solved? >> well, first of all, it's important to recognize that the goal was not to get out of iraq. actually, it conducted the -- the administration conducted a negotiation with the iraqis, with the aim of legitimizing the presence of some...
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with we expect today obama administration to put free markets on trial, but as the "wall street journal" said, mitt rommy is embarrassing himself -- >> romney speaks french? >> massachusetts moderate mitt romney will say anything to win. anything. and just like john kerry, he speaks french too. >> our own chris matthews anticipated that one. >> can you say, let them eat cake in french? >> i can but i won't. >> will newt's attacks take hold? and sally atwater with the gingrich campaign in south carolina joining us and steven colbert making good on his pitch to run in the palmetto state. >> i think there may be a guy. john? john stewart everyone. >> colbert super pac transfer activate. >> and today makes history, 60 years of history. >> this is a new program that you will find your tv set working instead of a test pattern, called today from the nbc communications center, from the rca exhibition on 14th street if you know where that is, we have several amazed people on their way to work looking at us through the big glass windows of this spot. you may see yourselves next time. >> you know,
with we expect today obama administration to put free markets on trial, but as the "wall street journal" said, mitt rommy is embarrassing himself -- >> romney speaks french? >> massachusetts moderate mitt romney will say anything to win. anything. and just like john kerry, he speaks french too. >> our own chris matthews anticipated that one. >> can you say, let them eat cake in french? >> i can but i won't. >> will newt's attacks take hold? and...
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. >> the obama administration has said that it is going to punish anyone who is responsible for these leaks, and has appointed two investigators, two prosecutors, i should say, from the justice department to investigate. >> they have appointed two political appointments, that are appointed by -- they're already working and appointed by attorney general holder and president obama. they're presidential appointees. hardly independent voices. what's clear here and there's a growing consensus, there's got to be some sort of independent investigation where the person doing -- leading the investigation is not some appointee of the president's and that's why we need some kind of special counsel and again, just take it from the chairman of the senate select committee on intelligence, democrat senator dianne feinstein, who has really raised concerns here that i think people are starting to wake up to, and the need for this to be led independently of the investigation be led independently of administration, white house presidential appointees. >> one of the points that the presidential -- the pr
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administration to china came in response to ads that mitt romney is running calling out president obama over china. so that, in fact, this is reactive. i would say regardless of why the president is doing what he's doing he's doing it in the state of ohio that we know is of absolutely critical importance to mitt romney and a state that we know as of today mitt romney is behind. >> mark halperin, little doubt that it is reactive, but it is one of privileges or powers of incumbency. >> it is. you know, one of the advantages the president an his team have, they've been sitting around for three and a half years, waiting for an opponent, knowing what their vulnerabilities and having gamd out the research, video, response ads when mitt romney put up an ad on china a few days ago the next day the obama campaign had a response ad on china up. they think they can diffuse the issue with this like this, keep it to enough of a draw, even in governor romney has a bit of an advantage it's not dispositive in determining the outcome of the election. i've heard governor romney talk about china quite a b
administration to china came in response to ads that mitt romney is running calling out president obama over china. so that, in fact, this is reactive. i would say regardless of why the president is doing what he's doing he's doing it in the state of ohio that we know is of absolutely critical importance to mitt romney and a state that we know as of today mitt romney is behind. >> mark halperin, little doubt that it is reactive, but it is one of privileges or powers of incumbency....
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bush, you've worked under the obama administration. are you uncomfortable with some of the campaign ads and the campaign rhetoric coming from the white house on this? >> well, andrea, as you said, i was no nominated by president bush, i served president obama and i will tell you neither president ever asked me who i voted for, neither president asked me who party i was a member of. i'm going to associate myself with chairman mull. who has been a great leader and a in the my time in the administration and after, i'm focused on trying to stop terrorists, i'm not actually even thinking about how this is used in campaign rhetoric. i think that the united states should be proud of what we did a year ago. i think that that was a result of incredibly hard work in the republican administration, incredibly hard work culminated in a democratic administration, and i'll just leave it at that. >> incredibly hard work by you and your colleagues. just a word on that, this all occurred during the weekend of your wedding. you were married saturday nigh
bush, you've worked under the obama administration. are you uncomfortable with some of the campaign ads and the campaign rhetoric coming from the white house on this? >> well, andrea, as you said, i was no nominated by president bush, i served president obama and i will tell you neither president ever asked me who i voted for, neither president asked me who party i was a member of. i'm going to associate myself with chairman mull. who has been a great leader and a in the my time in the...
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>> i think the obama administration has two basic options now. the preferred option is what they're doing and they're right to do this, trying to convince the russians to shift their own strategy and to support a united security council stance because if that happens, russia and china will no longer be his unstinting supporters, then there's a path out of power for assad and maybe the end of this conflict. it becomes clear, andrea, russia and china are not willing to move forward, then i think obviously the administration will have to consider some of the ideas that senator graham and others have put forward. >> switching topics for a moment to someone you know very well from your days at the nsc and the state department, condoleezza rice. what do you think of even the suggestion that condi rice to make a good vice president and do you think that she's under consideration? >> well, all i can tell you is that i have enormous admiration for condoleezza rice. i have worked with her very closely and she's a friend. she is a very gifted, talented, sma
>> i think the obama administration has two basic options now. the preferred option is what they're doing and they're right to do this, trying to convince the russians to shift their own strategy and to support a united security council stance because if that happens, russia and china will no longer be his unstinting supporters, then there's a path out of power for assad and maybe the end of this conflict. it becomes clear, andrea, russia and china are not willing to move forward, then i...
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administration sent out there. i don't get the sense that's the case. i'll tell you why, because they haven't -- they quickly very quickly backed away and said no, this is not a thing that we're purposely doing. this is not a change in position. david axelrod on a conference call with reporters this morning said take a look at mitt romney's position. don't look over here, look over here move. >> i was on that conference call. he basically ducked it. they came out so quickly with this walkback. this was not a trial balloon. this was joe biden being joe bide. >> and and you know what's interesting, andrea, is that president obama himself has repeatedly acknowledged he struggles with this. he uses the word his position is evolving. but has not been willing to say he supports gay marriage. i think the reason is, there's politics in everything. i think the reason is, it would help him with a portion of his base, absolutely, gaze and lesbians it would be a huge deal. but african-americans, another key pillar of president
administration sent out there. i don't get the sense that's the case. i'll tell you why, because they haven't -- they quickly very quickly backed away and said no, this is not a thing that we're purposely doing. this is not a change in position. david axelrod on a conference call with reporters this morning said take a look at mitt romney's position. don't look over here, look over here move. >> i was on that conference call. he basically ducked it. they came out so quickly with this...
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administration slamming mitt romney's claim that he should get credit for rescuing the auto industry. well, now will romney put the brakes on this claim that has him in hot water? plays a key role throughout our entire lives. ♪ one a day women's 50+ is a complete multivitamin, designed for many of women's health concerns as we age. ♪ it has more of seven antioxidants to support cell health. that's one a day women's 50+ healthy advantage. to support cell health. ♪ [ ping! ] [ ping! ping! ] that's why i use new tampax radiant. it helps keep my period invisible, combing tampax's best-ever leak protection with a revolutionary resealable wrapper so all they'll see is me. [ ping! ] ♪ hi. totally new, awesomely-invisible tampax radiant. check out the whole radiant collection. home protector plus, from liberty mutual insurance, where the costs to both repair your home and replace your possessions are covered. and we don't just cut a check for the depreciated value -- we can actually replace your stuff with an exact or near match. plus, if your home is unfit to live in after an incide
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administration and saudi arabia are not good because saudi arabia doesn't think that the obama administration has handled the arab spring well and has thrown its allies, like mubarak and others under the bus. so the united states doesn't have very many friends left in the arab world, or strong friends left in the arab world. and i think it's a very different region that the united states is finding itself in, partly because of the united states' doing by supporting this shot into the dart that was known as the arab spring. >> exactly right. richard engel, thanks for your reporting. and now chris cillizza, and the senior correspondent and soeriate editor for "the washington post" both joining us. first to you, you've spent so much time traveling and writing books in the region. let's talk about what's happening in egypt because we're see a completely new relationship now, and egypt is the centerpiece of our connections in the arab world. >> it is. it is sort of the spiritual capital of the arab world. people all around that region look to cairo for guidance on so many things. we are entering t
administration and saudi arabia are not good because saudi arabia doesn't think that the obama administration has handled the arab spring well and has thrown its allies, like mubarak and others under the bus. so the united states doesn't have very many friends left in the arab world, or strong friends left in the arab world. and i think it's a very different region that the united states is finding itself in, partly because of the united states' doing by supporting this shot into the dart that...
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governor jan brewer's latest stand against the obama administration. >>> president obama and mitt romney both claiming that they can save medcare and accusing each of thor of destroying medicare, but is this politically charged debate so full of hype and half truths that it makes it impossible to ever solve the real problems? david walker is former u.s. controller general, now ceo of the comeback america initiative focusing on fiscal responsibility and entitlement reform. david, welcome. thanks so much. well, you've heard a lot of the debate. you saw the whiteboard today with mitt romney accusing the president of medicare cuts. barbara comstock was here from the campaign saying that president obama would cut current recipients with the $716 billion in cuts, while wyden/ryan, she says, would preserve what is available for current recipients. what say you? >> well, as a former trustee of medicare and social security, quite frankly, i've been embarrassed by both of the campaigns so far. there's a lot of disinformation. there's a lot of hypocrisy. look, both candidates agree that health care
governor jan brewer's latest stand against the obama administration. >>> president obama and mitt romney both claiming that they can save medcare and accusing each of thor of destroying medicare, but is this politically charged debate so full of hype and half truths that it makes it impossible to ever solve the real problems? david walker is former u.s. controller general, now ceo of the comeback america initiative focusing on fiscal responsibility and entitlement reform. david,...
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administration, if obama wins a second term, is going to be key. that's something they also -- he's a very big chess board as they like to say. a lot of pieces that can move. >> when we -- we are awaiting the president, he's about to speak in orlando so if i interrupt you, you will understand why. he's actually at the podium. here is the president's speech following by 24 hours, just about, mitt romney's speech to the same latino group in orlando, florida. >> it is wonderful to see a lot of good friends from all across the country. it is nice to be at disneyworld. this is now the second time i've come to disneyworld without my daughters. they are not happy with me. i want to thank secretary solis for the introduction and for her hard work. she is one of the best labor secretaries we have ever had and she is thinking about you each and every day. i want to thank sylvia and arturo for their outstanding leadership. arturo, happy early birthday. i will not sing, don't worry. welcome to the other side of the hill. and it is especially good to have ambas
administration, if obama wins a second term, is going to be key. that's something they also -- he's a very big chess board as they like to say. a lot of pieces that can move. >> when we -- we are awaiting the president, he's about to speak in orlando so if i interrupt you, you will understand why. he's actually at the podium. here is the president's speech following by 24 hours, just about, mitt romney's speech to the same latino group in orlando, florida. >> it is wonderful to see...
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administration to say, hey, we're willing and able to touch the third rail. we're willing to talk about specific proposals to reform entitlements. and a grave political challenge or risk. actually the country is saying we respect the fact you're willing to be bold and specific, but there's the president? you can't hardly find him even touching much less specifically addressing some of the most pressing financial issues of the country right now. our debt, our deficit, the entitlement's role in that. where is he? paul ryan and mitt romney said, we'll put a marker down, stand behind it, debate it. said, president, where are you? you know what, he can't find hem. >> he's talking about beer and other stuff. you can't find his entitlele proposal to speak of. where's the specific proposal to reform social security, specific proposal to reform medicare and medicaid? answer, hard to find. >> tim pawlenty. out campaigning for mitt romney. it's going to be a very tough 70 days, 71 days. >> it will, but it's an important election. a good debate. we will. >> thank you ver
administration to say, hey, we're willing and able to touch the third rail. we're willing to talk about specific proposals to reform entitlements. and a grave political challenge or risk. actually the country is saying we respect the fact you're willing to be bold and specific, but there's the president? you can't hardly find him even touching much less specifically addressing some of the most pressing financial issues of the country right now. our debt, our deficit, the entitlement's role in...
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administration's way -- i should say the obama campaign's way of putting it out there. look, he's a citizen of the united states, he was born in this country, and he is legitimately president of the united states. >> made in the usa. now the speaker's looking ahead to the next 24 hours. michelle obama is the star attraction. >> right, right. in the way that ann romney was the star attraction for her husband at the republican convention in tampa, first lady michelle obama will kick things off tomorrow, as everyone knows or says, the first lady is the president's biggest secret weapon. she's someone who connects with voters, and particularly, the folks who are here. i'm sure they are much looking forward to her being the first lady. >> whether she goes on letterman, leno, does "the view" or other shows, as well as serious interviews, michelle obama is, you know, much the secret weapon and the whole obama family. >> remember in the first campaign she was a little reluctant and a lot of criticism she got was harsh, but now she's all in, both feet in, and on her own accord.
administration's way -- i should say the obama campaign's way of putting it out there. look, he's a citizen of the united states, he was born in this country, and he is legitimately president of the united states. >> made in the usa. now the speaker's looking ahead to the next 24 hours. michelle obama is the star attraction. >> right, right. in the way that ann romney was the star attraction for her husband at the republican convention in tampa, first lady michelle obama will kick...
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another point is that $10 million is amazing, because the obama administration has more than $10 million in the bank, and $10 million buy, and this is what they would argue is a two-pronged attack. they started with bain and now moving to massachusetts all arguing they would say the same point that mitt romney is looking out for the wealthy and not the average middle-class citizen. >> chris cillizza, thank you so much for starting us off today. that wisconsin recall election is the most expensive from the state, and much of the money coming from outside of the state. and though walker has promised to take on quote outside special interests he has raised 7.5 times more money nan the democratic opponent, and two-thirds of the money has come from outside of wisconsin according to the scenter for public integrity, and joining me is reince priebus, and most importantly in the context, you are the former chair of the republican party in wisconsin and you know it well. this is your state, and let's talk about all of this money. you guys are just clobbering the democrats. >> sure. >> with this e
another point is that $10 million is amazing, because the obama administration has more than $10 million in the bank, and $10 million buy, and this is what they would argue is a two-pronged attack. they started with bain and now moving to massachusetts all arguing they would say the same point that mitt romney is looking out for the wealthy and not the average middle-class citizen. >> chris cillizza, thank you so much for starting us off today. that wisconsin recall election is the most...
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chris cillizza, mitt romney has said this is a day of shame for the obama administration, talking about chen guangcheng. he is not giving them the benefit of the doubt. >> absolutely not. interesting engaging on foreign policy after a few days of waiting and seeing. this is clirly a calculated move by the romney campaign believing they can expose or show that the obama campaign has been lax or faulty in the way they've handled it. not the last as you point out we've heard of it. >> very, very tough indeed. a delicate time. thanks. that does it for us. for this edition of andrea mitchell reports. "news nation" is next. i think it's final seconds, ohh, shoots a three, game over. so two seconds ago... hey mr. and mrs. harris, where's kevin? say hi kevin. mom, put me down. put...the phone...down. hey guys. did you hear... the choys had their baby? so 29 seconds ago. well we should get them a gift. [ choys ] thanks for the gift! [ amy and rob ] you're welcome! you're welcome! [ male announcer ] get it fast with at&t. the nation's largest 4g network. covering 2000 more 4g cities and towns tha
chris cillizza, mitt romney has said this is a day of shame for the obama administration, talking about chen guangcheng. he is not giving them the benefit of the doubt. >> absolutely not. interesting engaging on foreign policy after a few days of waiting and seeing. this is clirly a calculated move by the romney campaign believing they can expose or show that the obama campaign has been lax or faulty in the way they've handled it. not the last as you point out we've heard of it. >>...
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now, the obama administrationing had gotten that blocked in lower courts. they said that would completely overwhelm the federal system. that the federal government wants to concentrate on the most dangerous people who are here illegally, potential terrorists, criminals, people who have been here before and keep coming back and that arizona's sort of enforcement at all costs system would overwhelm the federal system. but today a majority of the justices seemed to not find that a very compelling reason and andrea, even some of the courts liberals seemed prepared to uphold that part of it but there are parts of the law they may have trouble with. >> thank you, pete. mitt romney raised the curtain on the general election campaign with a string of attacks last night against the president, claiming that mr. obama has failed to deliver on the promise of hope and change. >> over the last three and a half years, we've seen hopes and dreams diminished by false promises and weak leadership. last few years have been the best that barack obama can do. but it's not the b
now, the obama administrationing had gotten that blocked in lower courts. they said that would completely overwhelm the federal system. that the federal government wants to concentrate on the most dangerous people who are here illegally, potential terrorists, criminals, people who have been here before and keep coming back and that arizona's sort of enforcement at all costs system would overwhelm the federal system. but today a majority of the justices seemed to not find that a very compelling...
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when you saw joe biden tick through the accomplishments of the obama administration, the health care passage, the killing of osama bin laden, those are things that actually we haven't seen president obama make as effectively and so you end up having joe biden making those arguments for president obama today. >> and meanwhile the other big theme today in the campaign is outsourcing. the back and forth, "boston globe" with a new story today alleging that mitt romney actually left much later, he was signing s.e.c. documents two years after he said in his financial disclosures he actually left bain capital. and at the same time, a new mitt romney campaign ad accusing team obama of lying about outsourcing as well. >> a furious back and forth, d andr andrea. the romney campaign has called that "boston globe" article inaccurate and make the point that mitt romney had no control over the investments or no involvement of the investments after 1999 when he left bane in capital to run the olympics in salt lake city. "boston globe" reported on s.e.c. filings that mitt romney signed ahead, he was
when you saw joe biden tick through the accomplishments of the obama administration, the health care passage, the killing of osama bin laden, those are things that actually we haven't seen president obama make as effectively and so you end up having joe biden making those arguments for president obama today. >> and meanwhile the other big theme today in the campaign is outsourcing. the back and forth, "boston globe" with a new story today alleging that mitt romney actually left...